So if I yell "fvck you!" to a cop in a car 30 feet away, and he hears me, I'm getting a free ride downtown, but I can bark it to a police dog and I suddenly have "free speech" hmm, sounds like a test for our judicial system coming up...

Malinois: Bullshiat. What was he doing, arguing with the K9? All he wanted to do was make his friends laugh. Doing so to the aggravation of the dog was harassment.

I'll see your bullshiat and raise you three dogshiats. I'm not aware of any inherent rights that dogs - even police dogs - have to live their lives without aggravataion. Lord knows I don't have such a right.

Some dogs get aggravated if you walk by them minding your own business. So can I get arrested for that too? What if I'm taking Rompy, my cute kitty for a walk and pass too close to a K9. Does that get me an anal probing with the old billy club as well?

If you outlaw barking at dogs you're on a slippery slope... soon it will be illegal to bark at cops, or the President. And then where would we be?

I don't think it's a problem as long as he wasn't saying anything "bad" to the dog. But how do we know what he really said? Let the dog loose. If it goes over to sniff his ass, all is well. If it attacks the guy....well, hopefully someone will have a camcorder.

What I can't believe is that they took it to an appeals court. I mean, dogs bark at everything, sometimes people bark back at them. Strange, yes, but dog owners everywhere do that. Heck, my old German Shepard used to bark at me, and when I barked back, he just kept on going. The only difference I see here is one very stupid cop who doesn't know how to take care of a dog, like playing with it, for example. Dogs like to be played with, and that includes barking back. Its not like the guy hit the animal or anything. Geez...

I remember one time I was at a 3 day festival, and was walking with some of my friends about two miles to the gate.. On the way, we encountered a state policeman sitting on the hood of his car with his police dog. Being the complete idiot I am, and having the better part of an ounce in my pocket, I walked over and proceeded to strike up a conversation with the police officer. The dog proceeded to give me a weird look. Kinda spooked me and my friends, so we hastily started to beat a retreat. The cop's like.. "Hey.. Wait a minute!" I had the ounce half way out of my pocket, ready to throw it and run, when the officer says "You kids want a couple cans of soda?" Nothing beats a cure for dry mouth, especially a state-funded one!

Ok...if this is legal...Would it also be legal to prolithesize (sp?) back at the preachers in uniform that patrol the beach strip near where I live? If I see one more of those thought police bastards tell a girl on the fuking beach to cover up her bathing suit bottom because it isn't "proper", or a guy wearing a heavy metal t-shirt to turn it inside out just because it is heavy metal I'm going to jail for assault of a police officer.

These dogs are extremely well trained, and the training time is usually at least 12-15 hrs/week to keep them at top form. The reason for the law in the first place was to keep their training from being compromised.

Eh, whatever, but if you're going to do it as harassment and taunting, then the officer should have a chance to let the dog meet you.